Dutch ex-member of Court of Auditors blasts endemic corruption

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Series Details 11.1.11
Publication Date 11/01/2011
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Report of an interview with the just-retired Dutch Member of the European Court of Auditors, Maarten Engwirda, January 2011. He criticised his colleagues and the European Commission for a 'culture of cover up' and a tradition of watering down reports.

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De Volkskrant, 11.1.11: Dutch auditor spills beans on EU fraud (via PressEurop) http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/457101-dutch-auditor-spills-beans-eu-fraud
ECA: Press Release, ECA/11/3: Statement by the ECA on the De Volkskrant interview with Maarten Engwirda, 11 Jan 2011 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=ECA/11/3&format=PDF&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en
ECA: Press Release, ECA/11/4: Mr Engwirda’s letter of clarification regarding his recent interview in De Volkskrant http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=ECA/11/4&format=PDF&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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